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patient

Patient

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
patient
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Patient
[1] Three of his patients died last year.
Drei seiner Patienten starben letztes Jahr.
Englisch > Englisch
patient
1. adj. (of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
2. adj. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
patient endeavour
3. adj. (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
4. subst. A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
5. subst. (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.
6. subst. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
Deutsch > Englisch
Patient
1. subst. (medicine) patient (male or of unspecified sex or female)